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For Episode 400, we wanted to go big, presidential-inaugural-poet big. Richard Blanco, @poetrichardblanco on IG, author of the collection Homeland of My Body (Beacon Press), graced out airwaves for a milestone episode.
Great talk about the messiness of writing a book, showing early drafts to students to let them see what a bloody mess the process is, and Richard reads two poems from HOMB.
The list of Richard’s accolades are bonkers-crazy. In 2023, he was won the National Humanities Award and he was named the first ever poet laureate in Miami-Dade County. He’s the author of two memoirs, The Prince of Los Cocuyos and For All of Us, One Today: An Inaugural Poet’s Journey.
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